You have accomplished a lot in this life so far, take a second and allow yourself to receive that encouragement.

Always remember who you are and where you are, are different things. You are not stuck, it’s simply time for a detour.

During our time as little people on this earth, very often, we see a glimpse of who we want to be in other people. I can think back and see snippets, quick flashes of images I memorized in my head of woman I admired and who I aspired to be. Sometimes these woman were just illusions of what I thought it was to be an important adult and sometimes these woman were symbols of freedom and self expression. Sometimes these woman were symbols of strength, discipline and success.

If you think back to when you were a little child, I’m sure you can imagine what I am referring to. I recall many times thinking while traveling on the subway in my teens on route to my internship at Time Warner how beautiful and successful some of the woman looked. It was the peak of the 80’s power suit. I was in awe of how focused they were and how strong they looked in their carefully coordinated outfits and how beautifully their makeup was applied. I would always think to myself, will I ever get there. Is that even palpable? Then one day 10 years later, while working at a Hedge Fund in NY, it hit me, that I was that woman but I now had other aspirations… and thus, that is how life is.

Many times we reach points in our life that we have aspired to and don’t give ourselves the proper credit or pat on the back. We don’t consciously acknowledge that we worked towards something and we earned it and so this is a moment to be proud of. Despite the fact that we will have many aspirations in life, and some may seem nonessential to us as we become wiser in life, it is still important to acknowledge these accomplishments.

Recognizing that we have grown and that we have completed something we set out to do strengthens our self worth. Continuously setting new aspirations, will continue to polish us, to hone our wisdom and hopefully make us better humans. And the world could always use better humans. xo